Chapter 448: Guilt is hard to escape

The Queen Mother killed Zhao Qing, mobilized the forbidden army, and killed the two little yellow gates who were serving in the East Pavilion at that time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

mentioned this Chang Ankang immediately wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, thanks to the fact that he was sent by the emperor to see the bow, otherwise it would be a dead end.

The emperor frowned and pondered, so what was the situation outside now.

Thinking of this, the emperor raised his eyes: "Who is in charge of the guards now?" If it was someone from the Queen Mother's side, he could basically be sure that he had been placed under house arrest by the Queen Mother.

Chang Ankang said: "Because this incident happened suddenly, the Queen Mother asked Master Pei Qitang Pei to temporarily lead the Praetorian Guards of the palace. ”

Pei Qitang?

The Emperor's face soothed.

The Queen Mother used his people, which proves that he has not yet been seized power.

The emperor licked his lips: "Pass Pei Qitang in." ”

Chang Ankang responded.

After a while, Pei Qitang was taken into the inner room.

The emperor wore a wide robe, sat on the soft couch tiredly, his face looked a little pale, his eyes were chaotic, and compared with the radiant Pei Qitang, the whole person looked even more decadent and gloomy.

Pei Qitang stepped forward and saluted.

The emperor immediately said, "What's going on outside? "Is it already known that he took the medicine?

Pei Qitang said: "Thanks to the Queen Mother, the guards blocked the East Pavilion in time and locked the queen in the backyard. So, although I heard some movement in front of me, I didn't know what was going on. The Queen Mother has already let people reveal the news, saying that someone tried to poison the emperor's food, and used this as an excuse to lock everyone in the house. ”

In an instant, except for the guards and the palace people who served, no one walked around outside.

The Emperor was a little surprised when he heard this.

"What about Liu Xiang?" the emperor asked.

Pei Qitang said: "Liu Xiang is in the room. ”

The duty room was crowded with ministers of civil and military affairs, and Liu Jingchen was calming everyone.

This matter is bound to give a result, and it is impossible to cover up the past casually.

The emperor only felt a terrible headache, and his whole body seemed to be hollowed out.

"Pei Qing," the emperor shouted, "what do you think we should do next?"

Pei Qitang raised his head: "Weichen still has two things to tell the emperor. ”

The Emperor nodded.

Pei Qitang took two steps forward, stood there quietly, and waited until the emperor came over, and then said clearly: "Du Qizhong of the Guards Division has confessed that he has colluded with King Zhuang to embezzle military salaries and sell smuggled goods over the years. According to Du Qizhong's testimony, Weichen has asked people to go to various places to investigate several shops where King Zhuang sells illegal goods in Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shandong, and the Queen Mother also tracked down a batch of King Zhuang's private goods in private, and handed them over to the imperial court as evidence. ”

The emperor raised his eyes and looked surprised: "The Queen Mother didn't intercede for King Zhuang?"

Pei Qitang said: "The Queen Mother heard that Weichen was investigating the case, and ordered her to handle the case truthfully, without worrying about the identity of King Zhuang." ”

The emperor gently rubbed the jade handle in his hand. King Zhuang has always done things for the Queen Mother, and he thought that after the matter came out, the Queen Mother would try her best to maintain King Zhuang, but he didn't expect the Queen Mother to do this.

Pei Qitang continued: "There is one more ......" he said and paused, "Zhao Chengyan confessed in the prison that the Zhao family has forged confessions and evidence in order to obtain the commendation of the imperial court over the years, wronged the court officials to follow King Qing to rebel, and made many unjust, false and wrongful cases. Cao Yong, who was the secretary of Dali Temple at the time, impeached Zhao Guangxian for this, but was retaliated by Zhao Guangxian and was framed for rebellion. Cao Yong was executed for treason, his relatives and friends were implicated, and many were beaten to death in prison for refusing to admit to the charge of treason. ”

The emperor knew that Cao Yong had a good official reputation, and if he hadn't found a letter with King Qing, he wouldn't believe that Cao Yong would have rebelled.

The emperor frowned: "I have seen Cao Yong's evidence at that time. ”

Pei Qitang said: "Those letters are forged. With that, he took out a document and handed it to the chamberlain next to him.

The chamberlain was immediately presented to the emperor.

The Emperor looked down, and although the document was brand new, it was very similar to what he had seen more than ten years ago: "This is ......"

Pei Qitang said: "Weichen forged a document according to what Zhao Chengyan said, and at first glance it seems that it is really difficult to distinguish between true and false. Because of Cao Yong's relationship, the Cao family was severely tortured, and Cao Yong's younger brother Cao Jia was imprisoned in the Imperial City Prison for many years, tortured and tortured, and his legs festered into white bones, but he still survived, that is, to avenge the grievances of the Cao family, for the officials implicated by the Cao family, and for the people who were wronged by the Zhao family as rebels and thieves. ”

Pei Qitang's voice was sonorous and powerful, which made people sound refreshed.

The emperor had long known that the Zhao family was using the public for personal gain, but he didn't expect that Cao Yong was also framed by them.

"Your Majesty, now is the time to show your majesty," Pei Qitang said, "Everyone is waiting for a result, if you let the grievances for many years be snowed, and there is a new atmosphere in the court, who will still hold on to the affairs of the East Pavilion today." ”

The Emperor thought slightly, at this moment, he really needed a major case to attract everyone's attention.

also gave him a suitable reason to punish the queen and the Zhao family.

The emperor said, "Where are the Cao Jia people?"

Pei Qitang said: "Weichen has already asked Cao Jia to be taken from the Imperial City Division to the Imperial Palace, and the emperor can summon him at any time." Because when Shen Changji was there, he continued to use heavy punishment on Cao Jia, so that the wounds on Cao Jia's body festered all the year round, and he was afraid that his life was in danger, but ...... If the emperor can let the hospital treat him carefully, Cao Jia can still survive, and all this is the grace given by the emperor. ”

This is obviously the best option.

The emperor looked at Pei Qitang with a slightly deep gaze: "Invite Liu Xiang over, I and Liu Xiang will meet that Cao Jia together, as for Zhao's case...... You have to check carefully, even if the Zhao family is the mother of the queen mother, I must not tolerate them. ”

Pei Qitang bent over: "The emperor is sage." ”

The emperor obviously trusted Pei Qitang very much: "You are my confidant, these things will be handled by you, you can rest assured to investigate, no matter who you find, don't be afraid, I will support you." ”

Pei Qitang replied and slowly withdrew from the main hall.

The Emperor let out a long sigh: "The matter of poison." ”

The chamberlain next to him said: "Naturally, it was the Zhao family, and the Zhao family learned that the emperor ordered the ministers to investigate his forged confession, so they had the intention of killing the king......"

According to this statement, the queen mother will inevitably not be able to escape the involvement, because after the killing of the king, someone must inherit the throne, and the queen has no children, so she can only pass the stepchildren from the clan. When the queen supports the young emperor to ascend to the throne, she can listen to the government and control the court situation in her own hands.

With this kind of crime, the emperor can put all the fault on them.

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